A Quote by Julian Casablancas

A band is a good way to break up a friendship. — © Julian Casablancas
A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
The best way to break up with a girl is like I'm taking off a band-aid. Slowly and in the shower.
Yes, exes can be good friends, but after a certain time. Though no break-up is a good break-up, time heals everything, including broken friendships. It also depends on the kind of people they are, their mindsets and the reasons for the break ups.
Most friendship groups will have someone who starts a new relationship, and you just don't see them for four months. And that's always kind of sad, almost like an inverted break up. I guess the ideal situation is that whoever the new partner is can be subsumed into the friendship group.
A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band.
It is always good to have a break. Whenever you return from the break, the hunger is back, the body is fresh, you are up and running in good spirit.
When that band started out, I was 18 years old. So that was my reality all the way up until I quit the band. And even then, you know, Guns N' Roses has a nasty way of sticking around.
One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.
In the short term, it absolutely feels devastating to break a bond of friendship. In the long term, it is the best possible thing. You're actually doing something noble and good if you do it in the right way. You can leave them with, "I wish you the best, but I have to take care of myself." Or you don't have to wish them the best. It's okay if you don't. Maybe they don't deserve the best. That's not up to you to decide. You not wishing someone the best is not going to make anyone's life not the best.
I've always been scared of somebody telling me what to do with my music. What if a great acting opportunity came up, and they were like, "No. You have to go tour and open up for this band," that I'm just not that crazy about? I made a decision a long time ago that I'm doing it because I love it, because it's fun. If I break even, that's a good thing.
Phish is such a good band; they just make stuff up as a jam band.
The band? No way! There ain't no band. The band is not 'the band' right now. It's just three guys.
One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.
I started a band [Big Japan] for fun. These sticks break easily, but they feel good.
Cinderella obviously got caught up in the hair metal scene, but they were such a blues band. And such a good live band.
My friend and I were up to all sorts of shenanigans at school. But one time it ended up disrupting the whole class and we got in trouble. His parents told him he wasn't allowed to hang out with me any more. I had a friendship break-up in third grade. It was brutal.
I think we're a little bit protective in that way. You're always trying to balance between what's spreading the word about the band and what's good money and what's a shitty look. Is this good for the longevity of the band? Do people even care these days? We care, but do we care more about the money? We've had a lot of discussions about things. It gets us into a lot of fights, but it also makes you question your own morals in a really good way.
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